AI-made illustration. The traditional materials on these pages follow Debrett's, and we don't make anything in silver, gold, tin, ruby or pearl.
Getting engaged
The stage with no rulebook. Custom, budgets and card wording, all before anyone's booked a venue.
- Engagement gift ideas. What to give a newly engaged couple, by budget.
The wedding
Gift ideas, card wording and practical guidance for guests and couples.
- Wedding gifts for the couple. What to give the couple themselves, by budget.
- Unique wedding gifts. The gifts that are not on the registry.
- Personalised wedding gifts. Made for one couple and nobody else.
The first years
Years one to five, plus the free lookup and the two lists that disagree about them.
- First Christmas married. For the newlyweds, or for each other: made from the wedding itself.
- Christmas gifts for couples. A Christmas gift for a couple, made from their own wedding.
- The 1st: paper. Paper, traditionally. Clocks on the modern list.
- The 2nd: cotton. Cotton, traditionally. China on the modern list.
- The 3rd: leather. Leather anniversary ideas, with guidance on choosing materials.
- The 4th: flowers, fruit - or linen. The year the sources disagree, and how to tell which is British.
- The 5th: wood. Wood, and why it is the fifth rather than the sixth.
The milestones
The years that get a name and a party, ten through seventy, and where the King's message starts.
- The 10th: tin. Tin, traditionally. Diamond on the modern list.
- The 15th: crystal. Crystal anniversary gifts and what to check when choosing them.
- The 20th: china. China anniversary ideas, from decorative pieces to tableware.
- The 25th: silver. Silver, on both lists.
- The 30th: pearl. Pearl, traditionally. Diamond on the modern list.
- The 35th: coral. Coral, and which of it is CITES-listed.
- The 40th: ruby. Ruby, on both lists.
- The 50th: gold. Gold, on both lists, and the Royal card rule.